Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East (UK Parliament constituency)

Coordinates: 55°57′25″N 4°02′17″W / 55.957°N 4.038°W

Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East in Scotland.
Current constituency
Created	2005
Member of parliament	Stuart McDonald (SNP)
Created from	Cumbernauld and Kilsyth and Strathkelvin and Bearsden
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	Scotland

Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was created for the 2005 general election, replacing Cumbernauld and Kilsyth and part of Strathkelvin and Bearsden.

The constituency covers the north of the North Lanarkshire council area, and small eastern and northern part of the East Dunbartonshire council area. It is currently represented by Stuart McDonald of the Scottish National Party, who overturned a Labour majority of nearly 14,000 to take 59.9% of the vote in the May 2015 General Election.

With 38 letters (plus one comma and four spaces), Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East has the longest constituency name in the current Parliament.

Boundaries

This constituency brings together areas from North Lanarkshire and East Dunbartonshire councils. The western, mostly rural, areas including Lennoxtown, Milton of Campsie, Twechar and the Campsie hills are joined in the east and south by the eastern wards from Kirkintilloch and the entire towns of Cumbernauld and Kilsyth. These two latter areas formed one constituency prior to the 2000 review.

The new town of Cumbernauld is approximately 15 miles north-east of Glasgow.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member[1]	Party
	2005	Rosemary McKenna	Labour
	2010	Gregg McClymont	Labour
	2015	Stuart McDonald	Scottish National Party

Election results

General Election 2015: Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East[2][3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Stuart McDonald	29,572	59.9	+36.1
	Labour	Gregg McClymont	14,820	30.0	−27.2
	Conservative	Malcolm MacKay	3,891	7.9	−0.4
	Liberal Democrat	John Duncan	1,099	2.2	−7.3
Majority			14,752	29.9	n/a
Turnout			49,382	73.6	+9.3
	SNP gain from Labour		Swing	+31.7

General Election 2010: Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gregg McClymont	23,549	57.2	+5.4
	SNP	Julie Hepburn	9,794	23.8	+1.6
	Liberal Democrat	Rod Ackland	3,924	9.5	−5.3
	Conservative	Stephanie Fraser	3,407	8.3	+1.3
	Scottish Socialist	Willie O'Neill	476	1.2	−1.8
Majority			13,755	33.4
Turnout			41,150	64.3	+3.4
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.9

General Election 2005: Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rosemary McKenna	20,251	51.8	−6.0
	SNP	Jamie Hepburn	8,689	22.2	−3.8
	Liberal Democrat	Hugh O'Donnell	5,817	14.9	+8.8
	Conservative	James Boswell	2,718	7.0	+1.9
	Scottish Socialist	Willie O'Neill	1,141	2.9	−1.6
	Christian Vote	Patrick Elliott	472	1.2	+1.2
Majority			11,562	29.6
Turnout			39,088	60.4	+1.6
	Labour hold		Swing	−1.1

References

1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 6)
2. "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
3. "Election results". North Lanarkshire. 14 May 2015. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
4. "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
5. "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.